| 1 | Campanile Xi'an Bell Tower Huimin Street Bell Tower, Xi'an | Unknown | Booking.com / Tripadvisor | 89% (1,941) | £27/night | 3 min | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Closest survivor to the Bell Tower (3-min walk), cheapest of the strongly-evidenced options at £26.93/night. Verified cleanliness subrating 5/5. 10 real reviews, consistently positive: 'ideally placed', quiet, clean, good breakfast, staff friendly and good English — no negative pattern found. |
| 2 | Hilton Garden Inn Xi'An Bell Tower Bell Tower, Xi'an | Unknown | Booking.com / Direct Booker / Tripadvisor | 91% (135) | £65/night | 4 min | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Within Flex £5 over target | Verified cleanliness subrating 5/5 across 10 reviews, all 5-star. Pool and air-con confirmed, 3 independent sources agree. Only survivor with an explicit style-fit signal: one review describes the hotel blending city-wall elements with 'an atmospheric and modern design'. In the flex band at £65.04/night, £5 over the £60 target. |
| 3 | Eastern House Xi'an Bell Tower, Xi'an | Unknown | Booking.com / Direct Booker / Tripadvisor | 93% (1,745) | £56/night | 5 min | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | 3 independent sources agree (Booking, DirectBooker, Tripadvisor) on name, price and score — a real confidence signal. 5-min walk, £56.06/night, air-con confirmed. |
| 4 | AHS-Park Hotel(Huimin Street,Bell Tower Subway Station Store Store) Bell Tower, Xi'an | Hotel | Trip.com | 96% (5,488) | £20/night | 8 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Largest review sample of the whole set (5,488) and cheapest per-night at £20. 8-min walk. Trip.com-only — no independent cross-check available. |
| 5 | Elegant Hotel Xi'an Bell Tower Yongningmen Bell Tower, Xi'an | Hotel | Trip.com | 95% (2,864) | £72/night | 8 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Flex £12 over target | Strong score/count (95%, 2,864 reviews) but Trip.com-only, unverified independently. Flex band at £72/night. |
| 6 | Campanile Hotel (Xi'an Bell Tower) Bell Tower, Xi'an | Hotel | Trip.com | 96% (2,649) | £35/night | 11 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | A different branch from the top-ranked Campanile Huimin Street (confirmed distinct, not a duplicate). Strong score/count but Trip.com-only, 11-min walk. |
| 7 | Four Points By sheraton Xi'An Bell Tower Bell Tower, Xi'an | Hotel | Booking.com / Tripadvisor / Trip.com | 95% (1,651) | £72/night | 15 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Flex £12 over target | 3 independent sources agree, good score (95%), but the longest walk of any survivor (15 min) and in the flex band (£72). |
| 8 | Novotel Xi'an The Bell Tower Bell Tower, Xi'an | Unknown | Booking.com / Tripadvisor | 88% (195) | £42/night | 11 min | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Lowest raw score of the named Bell-Tower-branded chains (88%), 2 sources agree, 11-min walk. |
| 9 | Jin Jiang West Capital International Hotel Bell Tower, Xi'an | Hotel | Booking.com | 88% (1,878) | £43/night | 12 min | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Pool and air-con confirmed, but single-sourced (Booking only), lower score (88%), and the second-longest walk (12 min). |
| 10 | Holiday Inn Express XI'AN BELL TOWER by IHG Bell Tower, Xi'an | Hotel | Booking.com / Tripadvisor / Trip.com | 92% (2,628) | £34/night | 5 min | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Within Budget At or below target | Biggest review base of the corroborated hotels (2,628, 3 sources agree) and a good 5-min-walk location, but two independent Tripadvisor reviewers reported mould/cleanliness problems ('disgusting', 'mold spots all everywhere') — cleanliness subrating only 3.9, notably below the top picks. Demoted on cleanliness grounds despite the strong headline numbers, consistent with cleanliness being priority one. |